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Crazy or what?

What you won't be wearing this summer

You might think that the trials involved in working a jumpsuit or channelling a bit of global-traveller chic are about as testing as fashion dilemmas get this season. But a reliable cadre of designers has once again set out to shock, creating fashions just as freaky as those dreamt up by Hussein Chalayan in the 1990s. Take a peek at the most outrageous.

Crotch-baring outfits at Maison Martin Margiela

Now, he may be known as the man to go to for offbeat chic, but tunics so short that they show your bits? With only some Star Wars-style shoulder pads and a pair of white, toeless, thigh-high leather leggings to preserve your modesty? Surely a look too far for even dedicated fashionistas.

Ankle bags at Chanel

Not a brand name that springs to mind when thinking avant-garde, "I wouldn't wear that even if trapped naked amid a crowd of rugger buggers"